Section 101 — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Amount of stock representing a number of shares

In relation to a body corporate the whole or a portion of whose share capital consists of stock, a reference to a number of shares (including a number expressed as a percentage) is, in relation to an amount of stock, a reference to the amount of stock that represents that number of shares.

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